Annual Chance Family Football Game

Every fall or whenever we get together for our Chance Family Christmas, Shawn and his brothers and cousins have a football game. I guess its a way of them reliving the memories or whatnot from the "good 'ol days" but its kinda gotten a lot shorter and a lot slower as all the guys age a bit. Zach and Logan took part in it this year, sort of. They kinda had their own game of tag going on during (and alongside) the game.






I'm rooting for the shortie! :)

Sorry about not posting last night. We headed to town immediately after I got home from school to get to the doctors before they closed. I took off the monitor and all the little leads that had been scratchier than he** all day. Well, when I took the huge wrap off around my chest that was holding all the wires on, I had welts and bumps all over! The welts were even larger when I took the leads off of the 5 little spots. I have NO idea what was going on, but it sure made me miserable. I put some benedryl cream on them last night and it helped a little, but they're still blotchy this morning. I just feel kinda like, what in the world else can go on right now!? :)

We also went to Target to get more meds (YEAH, since you know how much I love those). As soon as we got home, I ate some tacos with the boys and then headed to bed. I don't remember anything past 7pm when I crawled in bed. That's how incredibly exhausted I was! This morning, the doctor called Shawn (who has been a wonderful medical advocate for me) and told him that the results from yesterday looked alright. I didn't have as high of heart rate as previously (since I'm on so much medicine) but it got way too low during the night, so he'd really like me off of it as as soon as possible. Tonight, I'll try to take 1/2 a pill less. Of course, last time that happened. . . . ugh. . . must I remember. So, I'm praying that all goes well and I'll soon get into the EP doctor in Wichita for the ablation. It can't happen soon enough. I am soooo tired and frustrated at the waiting game with doctors. They have no idea how exhausting and tiring this has been and I'd just like to have my life and energy back. My family doc (that read the heart monitor results) requested that Shawn have the cardio doc put in the referral to Wichita. Well, the cardio doc is on vacation this weekend. So. . . .it'll be at least Monday, at the earliest, now before I find out when I can have the ablation.

In case you're wondering, an ablation is a pretty minor procedure nowadays. Click on the word ablation for more information about it. I'd greatly appreciate prayers as I continue on this journey toward treatment and healing.

In a bit more exciting news, my boys are just about as comical as it gets. This morning, I thought Malachi was done with his cereal, so I went to take it off his highchair tray and he started growling at me (no joke!). It was JUST like something a hungry dog would do! I just had to laugh because I guess its his way of letting me know to not touch his food! :)

Malachi is also quite independent lately, which is possibly a side-effect or growth opportunity because of my lack of being able to do everything for him all day. He is getting quite skillful at pushing chairs around the kitchen, piling things on the chairs, climbing to dangerous heights and retrieving chips to eat. No need to bother mama, to ask for permission, since she just might have a heart attack upon seeing the dangerous adventures!!!

Zachary and Logan are playfully mastering the Mario Bros Game on the Wii. Last night as I watched them, they were repeatedly killing each other off (that sounds more awful than it is) and Zachary told Logan, "I'm really mad at you right now, but I'm not going to hurt you yet because I want to finish this game." Hmmm . . .

We have today and Monday off, so I'm thoroughly enjoying my "restful" time home with my boys.